diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 1925341dbb9c9df7ceb05975cf95c0ff8a3339a5..9c57ebf61e4d26c25a53826f021a9dd6d27bdda6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_RTAS)		+= rtas.o rtas-rtc.o $(rtaspci-y-y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_RTAS_DAEMON)	+= rtasd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTAS_FLASH)	+= rtas_flash.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTAS_PROC)		+= rtas-proc.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_IBMVIO)		+= vio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IBMEBUS)           += ibmebus.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EEH)              += eeh.o eeh_pe.o eeh_dev.o eeh_cache.o \
 				  eeh_driver.o eeh_event.o eeh_sysfs.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
index fbdae8377b71452cf2afb8b2e24e36a5d9ccd9b0..eae86c35e4c69579821a4430e6414edd14d6f2e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
@@ -168,11 +168,6 @@ config MPIC_BROKEN_REGREAD
 	  well, but enabling it uses about 8KB of memory to keep copies
 	  of the register contents in software.
 
-config IBMVIO
-	depends on PPC_PSERIES
-	bool
-	default y
-
 config IBMEBUS
 	depends on PPC_PSERIES
 	bool "Support for GX bus based adapters"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
index bec90fb3042548abd6a8e2b921aeff6c2730808f..f7d78b81951d9228fe7e91500d25f5a3492e6fa5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -127,3 +127,8 @@ config HV_PERF_CTRS
 	  systems. 24x7 is available on Power 8 systems.
 
           If unsure, select Y.
+
+config IBMVIO
+	depends on PPC_PSERIES
+	bool
+	default y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
index fedc2ccf029d9f195f7a988872a2edeed9c36338..85ba00233fb08fdc80f0e76df97d55e38d217afd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CMM)		+= cmm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DTL)		+= dtl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IO_EVENT_IRQ)	+= io_event_irq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LPARCFG)		+= lparcfg.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IBMVIO)		+= vio.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC_PSERIES),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_SUSPEND)		+= suspend.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c
rename to arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c